DOCUMENT:Q199664 10-JUL-1999 [sms] TITLE :SMSINST: Cannot Remove More Than Two Sections in .ini File PRODUCT :Microsoft Systems Management Server PROD/VER:WINDOWS:1.0,2.0 OPER/SYS: KEYWORDS:kbsms200 kbsms120 kbsmsInst ====================================================================== ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- The information in this article applies to: - Microsoft Systems Management Server Installer versions 1.0, 2.0 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- SYMPTOMS ======== When you try to remove more than two sections from an .ini file using the Edit INI File script item, the action might fail. Despite this failure, the script successfully removes two sections from the .ini file. WORKAROUND ========== Only delete up to two sections of an .ini file per Edit INI File script item in your script. Use multiple Edit INI File script items to remove more than two sections from an .ini file. For example, to delete four sections using a single script, use two instances of the on Edit INI File script items in your script. For each instance, delete no more than two sections. STATUS ====== Microsoft has confirmed this to be a problem in Systems Management Server version 2.0. This problem has been corrected in the latest U.S. service pack for Systems Management Server version 2.0. For information on obtaining the service pack, query on the following word in the Microsoft Knowledge Base (without the spaces): S E R V P A C K Additional query words: prodsms smsinst ====================================================================== Keywords : kbsms200 kbsms120 kbsmsInst Technology : kbSMSSearch kbSMSI100 kbSMSI200 Version : WINDOWS:1.0,2.0 Issue type : kbbug Solution Type : kbfix ============================================================================= THE INFORMATION PROVIDED IN THE MICROSOFT KNOWLEDGE BASE IS PROVIDED "AS IS" WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND. MICROSOFT DISCLAIMS ALL WARRANTIES, EITHER EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, INCLUDING THE WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. IN NO EVENT SHALL MICROSOFT CORPORATION OR ITS SUPPLIERS BE LIABLE FOR ANY DAMAGES WHATSOEVER INCLUDING DIRECT, INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL, CONSEQUENTIAL, LOSS OF BUSINESS PROFITS OR SPECIAL DAMAGES, EVEN IF MICROSOFT CORPORATION OR ITS SUPPLIERS HAVE BEEN ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGES. SOME STATES DO NOT ALLOW THE EXCLUSION OR LIMITATION OF LIABILITY FOR CONSEQUENTIAL OR INCIDENTAL DAMAGES SO THE FOREGOING LIMITATION MAY NOT APPLY. Copyright Microsoft Corporation 1999.